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Spear & Tea. "Then a few minutes later there was a roar. One of the warriors wanted to spear a father whose son was enrolled in our school. In a few moments the spear was wrested out of the hands of the attacker. Again everything became quiet and everyone, including the attacker, went to eat and drink tea. Until late in the night Christians and pagans ate, drank tea and sang...
Husing also saw numerous fight "patterns" which evidently escaped the boxing writers. Perhaps his most objectionable habit, which he shares with a number of announcers, is the heavy-handed commercial: "The crowd roars its approval, as you'll roar your approval when you try Pabst beer." And, between rounds, "I'll bet they (the fighters) could go for some Pabst beer right...
During World War II, the old gold-rush town of Nome, Alaska had echoed to the roar of aircraft and bulldozers, the bustle of 10,000 U.S. troops. But last week, though gold dredges still clanked on its outskirts, the dusty, ramshackle little subarctic settlement looked almost lifeless again. At the Air Force's Marks Field, 500 miles beyond the main U.S. defense lines, trucks and crates stood ready for the barges which would carry them south to Anchorage. As the jet plane flies, Siberian airfields were only half an hour away; by the time next month...
...angry roar subsided; the tailors broke into cheers. They and their children and grandchildren have been cheering the paper ever since. For Ab Cahan's Forward, biggest U.S. Yiddish-language daily, has been the most influential single institution in helping many immigrants adjust to American life. Last week at a dinner in Manhattan's Hotel Commodore, 1,500 admirers paid tribute to Ab Cahan (rhymes with Don) in celebration of his 90th birthday and his 48th year as editor of the Forward. From President Truman, Britain's Herbert Morrison, Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion...
town; Gay vans and bright buses that roar...